Chaoter 7

Tasteless, colorless, ordorless gas produced bythe body cells during the metabolic process

Tough, elastic connective tissue that is more rigid than ligaments but lass dense than bone

Any hairlike structure

Moving of spreading out of a substance at random, rather than by chemical reaction or application of external forces

State in which the regulatory mechanisms of the body maintain a constant internal environment despite changes in the external environment

Moist Tissue layer lining hollow organs and cavities of the body that open to the environment; also called mucosa

Tasteless, odorless, colorless gas essential for human respiration

Symbol that indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance

Wall dividing two cavities, such as nasal septume, which separates the two nostrils

Thin layer of tissue that covers internal body cavities, the cell of which secrete a fluid that keeps the membrane moist; also called serosa

nas/o

rhin/o

sept/o

sinus/o

adenoid/o

tonsill/o

pharyng/o

epiglott/o

laryng/o

trache/o

bronchi/o

Bronch/o

bronchiol/o

alveol/o

pleur/o

pneum/o

pneumon/o

pulmon/o

anthrac/o

atel/o

coni/o

cyan/o

lob/o

orth/o

ox/i

ox/o

pector/o

steth/o

thorac/o

phren/o

spir/o

-capnia

-osmia

-phonia

-pnea

-ptysis

-thorax

brady-

dsy-

eu-

tachy-

Excessive acidity of body fluids

absence of the sense of smell

Temporary loss of breathing

Condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen

Collapsed or airless state of the lung, which may be acute or chronic and affect all or part of a lung

Repeated breathing pattern characterized by fluctuation in the depth of respiration, first deeply, then shallow, then not at all

Ease with which lung tissue can be stretched

Head cold, upper resporitory infection URI

Abnormal respiratory sound heard on auscultation, caused by exudates, spasms, hyperplasia, or when air enters mositure filled alveoli; also called rale